...Social networks and effect on society People don’t realize how social networks are negatively affecting our professional life and social life. Now days everybody is on some kind social networking, whether its FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter, or Instagram, etc. Have any one realize that the negative effects of social networking is extending to people private, professional, and social lives. Social networking is affecting areas of life such as social activity, low productivity, and the loss of privacy. Some people don’t realize that there isn’t any privacy on social networking sites. A lot of people may not beware that the information they post is public, along with photos and texts that can be retrieved after its been deleted. Consequences such as being vulnerable to sexual or financial predators and it can cost you your job or potential employment opportunites, because now days most jobs check to see if you’re on a social network site, embarrassing photos or comments can really hurt your self image. On most social networking site, they don’t have a way to verify who people say they are. This leaves people more vulnerable to solicitations from sexual predators who covering their true identity. In February 2009, MySpace identified over 90,000 accounts on their site that were sex offenders. Facebook didn’t reveal how many they found on their site. The sites can remove sex offenders, but they cant identify all of them or stop them from creating new accounts. The public nature...
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...The Effects of Social Media on Generation Y Abbigail Bronkema Chamberlain College of Nursing Abstract This paper explores the effects of Social media on today’s Millennials. Social media has created an environment that allows for communication and sharing posts with friends and even someone unknown. This paper also explores three published books and three articles that report on the effects of Social media on social and personal behavior. In the first section of this paper it examines the difficulty of interpersonal communication, that has been created by Social media, for Generation Y. Keller (2013) suggests that we are more social and more interactive with other but the style of communication has changed. This paper also looks at the ability to interact with anyone through different media sites. Cabral (2008) reports that younger generations are changing how the society communicates on many different levels. The last section of this paper examines the fulfillment without delay that Social media provides to Millennials. Alsop (2014) supports that social media supplies instant gratification whenever Millennials need it. Keywords: Social media, Interpersonal communication, Instant gratification The Effects of Social Media on Generation Y There are many influences that shape today’s Millennials lifestyles and behaviors. Families, friends, and environment are the main factors that shape a person as they grow, but today social media has begun to make its mark...
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...MSR New England Social Media Research Amelia Abreu, Andres Monroy Hernandez, and Omar Wasow 7 September 2010 Each speaker will give a 12 minute presentation of their work and then there will be an open discussion. #1: Amelia Abreu, University of Washington 'Tag!: How games and memes create social infrastructure online' This paper examines 'tag' games played on YouTube. We employ case study methodology to track and compare games across several user communities, analyzing content and discourse in structure, representation of identity, use of the system, and genre development. Examining individual and group dynamics in play, we extract models for their transmission and formation. Framing tag games as contemporary folklore, we examine how video sharing technology has become subject of folklore as well as an a vehicle for it. As the research suggests, games studied exhibit not only play in sharing and showing details, but in organizing and structuring ideas and identities, thus revealing a complex informal information infrastructure. In conclusion, we consider how this infrastructural model compares to formal systems of indexing. #2: Andres Monroy-Hernandez, MIT Media Lab 'Copyrights and copycats: understanding young people's remixing practices' Digital technologies have made it easier for people, youth in particular, to copy and reuse other people's songs, pictures, code and other forms of digital creations. Through the analysis of remixing, or content reuse, we present...
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...Introduction Social media had been a massive part in every household. Technology had given us a great deal and helped us with our tasks and made everything easy. We know that social media sites like (Google+, Twitter, Facebook and Yahoo) had introduced us in many methods that can connect people easier. Social media sites had been a popular means to connect with other people over the Internet. During the 1980's home computers were becoming more common in every household and social media sites were becoming more refined. According to Hendricks, (2013) The Internet relay chats, or IRCs, were first used in 1988 and were popularized into the '90s. The first popular social media site, Six Degrees, was created in 1997. The site enabled its users to upload a profile and make friends with the other users. By 2006, Facebook and Twitter both became available to users throughout the world. These sites still remain as the most popular social network on the Internet. After the success of these social media sites, other sites like Tumbler, Spotify, Foursquare and Pinterest began appearing to fill specific social network niches. Furthermore, Hendricks (2013) emphasized that, "there are a tremendous variety of social networking sites, and many of them can be linked to allow cross posting. This creates an environment where users can reach the maximum number of people without sacrificing the intimacy of person-to-person communication. We can only speculate about what the future of social networking...
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...Effects of Social Media By: John Ketchell CCHS To share and exchange new information and ideas through the interaction of virtual communities and networks, social media is used by numerous people throughout the world. Social media not only aids in communication, but changes how one may interact with another in daily life. Social media is now of eloquent importance within today’s modern civilization. It is an attribute which shows how integrated ones social interactions have turned into. Whether for good or bad purposes, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and YouTube are current examples of how interactive platforms hold the capability to change the future (Guha 1). The world which one lives in is constantly being impacted by various advances in technology through social media. News, a source of such valuable information, is being passed around faster than before. General interaction has increased significantly, even with distance and time inconveniences. Political unrest in Egypt, elections in Iran, and President Obama’s reelection have all been influenced by social media. Social media has created both considerable political awareness and organization (Guha 1). “As social media becomes more normalized, we’ll stop seeing it as changing things and start seeing it as the way things are. As a society we’ll be OK. We've always adjusted to new technology. So whether it’s wearable communication media, or more cloud computing, we’ll change and adapt” (Keller 1). Social platforms have...
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...241—251 www.elsevier.com/locate/bushor Social media? Get serious! Understanding the functional building blocks of social media Jan H. Kietzmann *, Kristopher Hermkens, Ian P. McCarthy, Bruno S. Silvestre Segal Graduate School of Business, Simon Fraser University, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 1W6, Canada KEYWORDS Social media; Social networks; Web 2.0; User-generated content; Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; YouTube Abstract Traditionally, consumers used the Internet to simply expend content: they read it, they watched it, and they used it to buy products and services. Increasingly, however, consumers are utilizing platforms–—such as content sharing sites, blogs, social networking, and wikis–—to create, modify, share, and discuss Internet content. This represents the social media phenomenon, which can now significantly impact a firm’s reputation, sales, and even survival. Yet, many executives eschew or ignore this form of media because they don’t understand what it is, the various forms it can take, and how to engage with it and learn. In response, we present a framework that defines social media by using seven functional building blocks: identity, conversations, sharing, presence, relationships, reputation, and groups. As different social media activities are defined by the extent to which they focus on some or all of these blocks, we explain the implications that each block can have for how firms should engage with social media. To conclude, we present a number of recommendations...
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...TOPIC How can Social Networking Sites be used as a learning tool in the context of SA Higher Learning? Group ASSIGNMENT You are expected to form a group of no more than 10 and no less than 8 people. Your group must complete a project including the following: * No late assignments will be accepted for ANY reason. * You must consult at least 15 sources to support your research (5 websites, 5 books and 5 academic articles) * No person may change or join another group during the semester beyond March! * Select a team/group leader to: * Consults with the lecturer. * Take responsibility to obtain the needed information for the assignment from the lecturer. DUE DATE: 12 April 2013 Tips: * Remember the cover page of your document. It should include; Group members (Initials, surname & student nr), lecture name, date, subject and title. * Introduction – Introduce the phenomenon and the field of study – how the phenomenon came about and what it is used for and so on. * Background – explain the concepts or problems that can be addressed by the phenomenon in SA context. * Literature Review – discuss other authors’ views about the phenomenon in the learning environment. Describe or argue your point as well. * Conclusion – include recommendations etc. * Bibliography and references is EXTREMELY important! ASSIGNMENT EVALUATION CRITERIA 10 pages excluding cover page, table of context and bibliography (Arial, 12 / Double...
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...Reflective Educational Autobiography My educational journey, the journey I've been on is pretty difficult. Throughout my journey I had to face many difficulties because my parents moved to United States from India. In that case I had more problems than the kids that were born here. In this essay I'm going to share some good and bad experiences that I had. I used to live in India, and since my childhood I wanted to be a teacher. I loved to read and write but then we moved to United States of America which totally changed my mind. Because I didn't knew English at all. So I thought now I can't be a teacher anymore because of the language. I had to change my career goal from the day we moved. It was very difficult to move to another country with totally different kind of life style. We had many different kind of difficulties that we had to adjust. The whole environment was opposite then India. Everyone has that one teacher early on that is so inspirational and incredible that you want to tell the world how great they are and this is my chance. My first truly inspirational teacher, Mrs. Everest, was my first English teacher when I moved to United States of America. She taught me English which was new to me. Mrs. Everest makes me read the books. At first I couldn’t even understand a word of the story. There have been many obstacles that I have gotten in my way for me to be successful reader. Now I am able to confidently read. I imagine...
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...How social media has caused a change in Social behavior Pedro Saul De Jesus-Sanchez DeVry University Proposal for Standardized Tests I. Introduction A. Topic 1) Research question: How has social media affected the standard for social interaction amongst one another? 2) Working thesis: There are more than two hundred social networking websites. Some people have no idea about the dangers of social networking. If not monitored, social networking can be dangerous. 3) Angle: Cyber bullies, pedophiles and scam artists are making social networking dangerous. As a society we have allowed interactions amongst one another to resort to social media without verifying whom sits behind the other device you communicate with. B. Context 1) Recently there has been an increase in cyber bullying leading to increase suicides among adolescents as social media has become an avenue to emotionally assault one another. 2) Cyber bullying is a danger that is becoming more popular with the use of social networking. It can come from friends and acquaintances or it may be anonymous through someone using a false identity.” Anyone can be a cyber-bully. Cyber bullying can, however, be even more vicious than you think it seems. C. Audience 1) My primary audience will be parents of young adults or teenagers whom as reported seem to spend most of their time using social media and networking sites. 2) My secondary audience is to business professionals whom allow or disallow...
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...Negative Effects of Social Media Although created to allow people to keep in contact, social media is a ticking time bomb that has adverse effects. The negative effects from social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, range from misinformation to arguments and depression. There is nothing that goes unsaid when it comes to online communication. Numerous hot topics are hit every single day leading to resentment, hate and the ending of friendships. False Information The commonality of false information on social media is unreal. Every day I skim through my Facebook feed, I see the most ridiculous things being shared by my friends that are assumed to be true. I can’t help but to subconsciously look down on people who share such things. Users of social media are much too quick to share information without first verifying their sources. It is 2014 and in this day and age, we are only as smart as our ability to use the internet correctly. Establishing the validity of everything shared is something that should be done more often, yet is rarely done at all. There are countless bogus websites, such as The Onion, who post ridiculous articles that prey on the emotions from recent events. Current, trending topics are Robin Williams’ suicide and the case of Michael Brown. People are getting extremely worked up reading false articles that lead to their misguided opinions on topics that aren’t even real. It’s no secret that when emotions and social media mix, fire is ignited. ...
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...READING CLOSELY AND THINKING CRITICALLY The positive effects of posting on a social network is that you can stay in touch with your friends and it can also be a way to express yourself. It was a serious mistake because due to his poor choice of words the post indicated that he was threatening the police guard. Few adjust the settings because they feel like Facebook has enough privacy and some are also unaware of the setting options. For the case in paragraph 1 I believe the officials did the right thing. The student was statement about the police officer that might have no even been true. This put the officer in danger and was the wrong way to approach his problem. He should have talked to the school officials instead of posting on social...
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...The Student Journal for Media Literacy Education is published twice each year, and includes articles by undergraduate college students studying media literacy. Social Media Impact and Implications on Society By Nick Pernisco, SJMLE Editor In the past five years, social media websites have become ubiquitous, giving young people a new way to interact with each other and communicate with the world. This new form of communication depends on usercreated content, not mass produced messages coming from large media companies. But as with other media before it, social media's rise to prominence has experienced some very serious growing pains. Companies like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter have struggled to balance an inviting interactive environment with the ultimate pursuit of profits. Thanks to these sites, our expectations of the web, as well as society, have changed. This issue of the Student Journal for Media Literacy Education aims to explore some of the issues related to social media, and a generation fully engaged in this interactive world. The main focus is popular social media sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube, and LinkedIn, but other social networking sites are explored as well. All articles in the Journal have been written by college students in Santa Monica College’s Reading The Media course in Spring 2010, under my supervision. The students selected from a list of topic related to current issues in social media. I reviewed all of the articles...
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...Negative Effects of the Social Media Nowadays with the development of advanced technology, social media become more and more popular. There are about 2 billion social media users around the globe. By social media, people can share and receive updated information whenever and whatever they do. Many people are keen on the social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube because they can connect people with each other conveniently. However, these social media bring many potential dangers. In my opinion, social media do more harm than good. It is no doubt that social media provide people lots of conveniences. For example, if students encounter difficult questions in homework, they do not need to use telephones or mobile phones any longer. They just need to log in their Facebook and discuss the problems with friends. This method not only saves time but also saves a telephone charge. That's why social media are so popular that billions of people use them. Although the social media have benefits, they bring many harms. The problem that students are addicted to the social media is becoming more and more severe. For example, many students who have lots of friends in the Facebook spend much time on chatting with friends and ignore their studies. In addition, the flash games on Facebook are like drugs. The games make students addicted so that they can not concentrate on studying. Spending several hours is very common for them. Social media is also harmful to the social stability...
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...Executive Summary Social media, online social networking service, has been existed for a long time. In that time, people use social media as an effective way to expand our social circle. People who use these sites form a social network, which provides a very strong and powerful way to connect, share interests, and keep in touch with others across the miles. However, as “the valuation of Facebook raised in a significant way, settling at figures in excess of $80 billion just after the company’s developer conference in September, 2011” (O'Dell, 2011). This valuation of the social media is only ranked second to Google’s. Even an obtuse CEO can realize the important impact on the business industry that social media will bring. Such a high valuation is not only because Facebook provides more than 600 million users a platform to communicate with each other, both in their leisure time and at work. Therefore, it is obvious to observe the social media’s economic impact. The economic impacts of the social media are increased work opportunities, decreased business cost, positive push in consumers’ purchasing behavior, increased opportunities for small businesses, and increased employees’ productivity. However, one thing should be noted that there may some different economic impacts in different countries because each country has their own cultures, economies, and business structures. Introduction of Social Media Social media, online social networking service, is among the most popular...
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...Discuss, with the use of examples, two negative ways in which the social media has been affecting formal Standard English use in the Jamaica classroom and one methodology that a teacher of English might employ to combat these negative effects. The social media craze is one that affects most if not all persons today. Whether we are old, young, from different races or cultures, we have been exposed to these channels of interaction in some way. Not only that but we have a wide range of these Medias to select from. While some operate one or two accounts, there are those with multiple social media accounts for example Facebook, Twitter, Tagged, Viber, Whatsapp and so on. These types of media serve many different purposes including the replacement of traditional news forms, keeping in contact with friends and family members and to promote businesses and social events. The reality of it all, however, is that everything has both advantages and disadvantages. In this case we examine the negative effects of social media on the use of Standard English in the Jamaican Classroom. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to emphasize the extent to which the use of social media has contributed to the inappropriate use of the Standard Jamaican English and the poor expression in written language among our Jamaican students. Jamaica has been described as a bilingual society with the Jamaican Creole (JC) and Standard Jamaican English (SJE) being the major and minor languages. However the problem...
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